THE COAT CHECK’S CLAIM TICKET

PROLOGUE The coat-check room at the Grand Aurelia smelled of cedar and other people's perfume, and at eleven forty on a Friday night it was the quietest place in the…

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THE CLOCKMAKER’S REPAIR LEDGER

Prologue October 24, 1995 The bell above the door of the clock repair shop in Alder Hollow rang once, and Silas Wren looked up from the movement he had spread…

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THE CHAUFFEUR’S MILEAGE LOG

PROLOGUE — The Page The logbook was already open on the desk when Maya Renshaw arrived for her shift, twenty minutes early, the way she always was. Black hardcover. Company-issued….

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THE CADDY’S SCORECARD

Prologue — Saturday, June 18, 2011 — 4:12 p.m., the 17th Green, Fairholme Country Club The ball stopped six inches from the cup, and Aldous Sterling laughed like a young…

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THE BUS DRIVER’S DASHCAM

For ten years, Ruth Calloway drove the school bus past the spot where her daughter died — hiding the dashcam memory card that recorded everything: the plate, the driver’s face,…

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THE BOOKSELLER’S MARGIN NOTE

Prologue The bell over the door of Marsh & Son Books had rung for forty years, and Edwin Marsh knew every voice it could make: the brisk jingle of a…

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THE BARTENDER’S BLACK BOOK

A revenge mystery: for ten years, the Meridian Club's bartender was invisible — furniture the powerful confessed to. But Wren Sloane kept a black book: seven years of their secrets,…

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THE AUCTIONEER’S GAVEL

Prologue — November 2, 2011 The rain came down over the harbour town in straight, cold lines, and the house on the hill stood dark against it with every curtain…

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The Sommelier’s Last Bottle

Prologue The auctioneer raised his gavel over Lot 42 and the room at Sterling Hall went the way wine goes when it is about to turn — quiet, electric, holding…

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